Oxford Concise Colour Medical Dictionary (6th edition)

摘要

This is another edition of the medical dictionaries in the Oxford Quick Reference series. It covers all aspects of medicine. Human anatomy is covered with full-page illustrations of the vascular system and the skeleton. Various tissues and organs are illustrated with detailed pictures; for example, the eye has a diagram showing the external muscle and another giving the cross-section. Drug classes and some of the more commonly used specific drugs are discussed. Trade names are provided for some drugs. (Checking out this, I found that beta as in beta blocker is spelt out.) Various types of medical equipment are described. Forceps has an illustration of various types for forceps. Body scanning and imaging procedures are described. Biochemicals, like specific enzymes, are included. Biological processes are also described. Specific diseases get entries. I chose to look at the entry for AIDS, because some years ago, I was a volunteer with an AIDS support charity. I also looked at the entry for hypertension, as I have, recently reviewed the ABC of Hypertension (Beavers et al., 2015) (RR 2016/019). In both cases, the entries here were full and up-to-date. Organization and National officers are included. There are various general biological and statistical terms as well. One absent term is Biobank, which is an ongoing project to measure medical data in half a million people between the ages of 40 and 69 years; I am one of the sample, and so have a vested interest in the project. There are web links for many of the entries. These of course only work with the online version of the non-colour edition, but there is usually enough information to find the site with a search engine.